Georgia History Timeline
Chronology for October 19
Yesterday Tomorrow
| October 19, 1738 |
In a letter to the Trustees, Oglethorpe accuses Thomas Causton, former magistrate of Savannah, of "squandering the resources of the colony," and continues to state "If this had not happened the Colony...[would be] in a flourishing condition"
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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James Oglethorpe |
| October 19, 1790 |
Lyman Hall dies, Burke County, Georgia
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Burke County, Georgia |
| October 19, 1876 |
Henry Grady hires Joel Chandler Harris, who had fled Savannah because of yellow fever
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Henry Woodfin Grady |
| October 19, 1882 |
Georgia admits Woodrow Wilson to the bar
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Woodrow Wilson |
| October 19, 1911 |
Aviator Eugene Ely dies when his Curtiss bi-plane crashed during an airshow in Macon. Within the past year Ely had become the first man to take-off from a U. S. Navy vessel and land on a U. S. Navy ship. |
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Macon, Georgia |
| October 19, 1939 |
Atlanta is one of twelve hubs when the national air traffic control network begins operation
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Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| October 19, 1956 |
Wayne-Gordon house, built by James Moore Wayne, (Savannah mayor, U. S. Congressman, Supreme Court Justice), home to William Washington Gordon (founder of Central of Georgia Railway) and birthplace of his daughter Julliette Gordon Low, and is dedicated as a museum after an extensive renovation
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City of Savannah, Georgia |
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Juliette Gordon Low and the Girl Scouts |
| October 19, 1960 |
During a sit-in at a Rich's lunch counter in Atlanta, Rev. Martin Luther King is arrested.
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The Road to Integration
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Martin Luther King
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| October 19, 1962 |
Boxer Evander Holyfield born, Atlanta
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| October 19, 2009 |
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports on "statistically unlikely" improvements in federally mandated student testing. They find 12 schools in the Atlanta area out of 19 in the state meet their criteria and begin an investigation. |
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Atlanta School Cheating Scandal |
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